China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has added 3-nitrooxypropan-1-ol, commonly known as 3-NOP, to its feed additive catalogue with an application scope of lactating dairy cows. The measure appears in Announcement No. 1081, dated 27 October and published on the ministry website on 30 October 2026.
The notice says the ingredient in the product named Boyiwan underwent national feed review and product quality verification. It permits the relevant products to be imported and produced, marketed and used within China. The ministry also specifies that supervision and testing follow applicable Chinese national and ministry-issued quality standards.
On 6 November, dsm-firmenich announced the Chinese registration of Bovaer, identifying the product as its methane-reducing feed additive for lactating dairy cows. The company linked the development to its plans to work with dairy farms and value-chain partners in the market.
Scope comes before a performance claim
The important sourcing distinction is the named animal category. This notice should not be presented as permission for every livestock species or every stage of cattle production. Nor should an authorization in another market be used as a substitute for the applicable Chinese registration and product documentation.
For prospective buyers, the next useful step is a document-led discussion: confirm the supplied product’s identity, registration, intended animal category, labeling and applicable conditions of use with the responsible supplier. Those checks connect the announcement to the material that would actually arrive at a feed mill or farm.
The market permission and a farm’s measured emissions result are also separate questions. An implementation project would need to define its feeding conditions, baseline, measurement method and record responsibilities before reporting an outcome. This article reports the regulatory and company announcements; it does not supply a ration inclusion rate or a verified emissions-reduction figure for a particular farm.
The cover illustrates animal feed, not the additive itself or a Bovaer farm trial.
Further reading
- China Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs — Announcement No. 1081, published 30 October 2026
- dsm-firmenich — Bovaer approval announcement, 6 November 2026
Researched and written with AI assistance; references are listed for verification.
